Two Union Pacific units bookend a BNSF loaded coal train bound for the Iatan Power Plant between Saint Joseph and Kansas City, MO. The train is seen here lumbering up Firth Hill, which is the stee... (more)

I was lucky enough to have this train pass right after high sun hours. This thing hasn't had a CP leader in a long time so this is a treat.

BNSF 6223 & 8529 work their way up Firth Hill with a coal train.

BNSF 7811 and a trailing fakebonnet lead a presumably loaded grain train South down the hill.

TXU Energy coal trains heads past the Pella Road overpass on Firth Hill.

After waiting in Hobson Yard for an ungodly long time, the Lincoln-Tulsa manifest finally makes its way to Firth Hill.

On a very hazy summer evening, a southbound BNSF coal train starts back up Firth Hill.

Slowly topping the hill out of the trench.

The train on the Left is on main 2 the grade is .39% in the new trench and the coal EMTs are on the old main 1 .82% that is now used as a siding, Cold and Sunny day.

A 110 car shuttle grain from Creston, IA to Fresno, CA begins the climb up Firth Hill. A lone C44-9W is on the head end, followed by 2 DP units on the rear.

Loaded coal from Buckskin Mine in the Powder River Basin climbs Firth Hill on Main 2 enroute to Kansas City to interchange with the KCS for forwarding to a Texas power plant.

After waiting for a HKCKPAS manifest train to clear the east end of Firth, this coal load takes back off southbound. This train is bound for NS at Memphis, TN for a destination of Goliette, GA for... (more)

A three-meet! A short BNSF manifest led by 8297 is on the lower track (2) behind a coal load (not pictured-just ahead by a few hundred yards) led by 4907 while a northbound manifest on track 1 led... (more)